Colt 1911 U S Property

[tracker]

Made in 1918 missing lanyard loop. Do you know if they all came with loop. What would value be? Thanks

 

[Ganderite]

My 1918 is a Commercial. The loop is on the mag, not the frame.

 

[NAA]

Yes, in that era, they all came from the factory with a flat mainspring housing with lanyard loop [even the "C" serial number prefixed "commercial" government models]. The magazines on the military models had lanyard loops on the mag bases until around 1916 with sn range starting 130,000 when the lanyard loops disappeared off the mag bases. The commercial models had lanyard loop mags until around 1919.

Looks like yours has been refinished & wears non original grips [checkered hardwood stocks without the double diamonds came much later - post 1924 - when the 1911 underwent minor modifications to become the 1911A1].

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NAA.

 

[EMEDiva]

Its worthless. I'll take it off your hands and give it a good home.

 

[Skinny 1950]

Here is a link to discussion about original finish on 1918 Colt production guns:

http://forum.m1911.org/showthread.php?62342-What-does-a-quot-black-army-quot-Colt-M1911-look-like

 

[silverfoxdj]

They are nice old guns I'd pick one up if I could find one even for historical purposes..

 

[Cocked&Locked]

it's been refinished, but still probably an 800 dollar gun in today's market. Some might pay more, that would be a bit more then i'd spend myself, without a closer look and stripping it to look at internals.

Still a nice old pistol.

 

[tracker]

This one is in better shape than the Sistema I had. Grips are replacement. Thanks.